AFRICOM at 5 Years

The Matuation of a New U. S. Combatant Command

Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Commandant (AWCC-DSI/Publications)

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Created in 2007, the new U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has matured greatly over the last 5 years, overcoming much of the initial resistance from African stakeholders and the U.S. interagency about a ¿militarization¿ of U.S. foreign policy in Africa. This Letort Paper describes the geostrategic, operational, and intellectual changes that explain why AFRICOM was created, debunks three negative myths about AFRICOM¿s current operations, and raises five issues important to AFRICOM¿s future,... More Description

Created in 2007, the new U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has matured greatly over the last 5 years, overcoming much of the initial resistance from African stakeholders and the U.S. interagency about a ¿militarization¿ of U.S. foreign policy in Africa. This Letort Paper describes the geostrategic, operational, and intellectual changes that explain why AFRICOM was created, debunks three negative myths about AFRICOM¿s current operations, and raises five issues important to AFRICOM¿s future, including the need to carry out a ¿right-sizing¿ exercise at AFRICOM at a time of severe budget constraints and a real risk for the United States of ¿strategic insolvency.¿